loft, would make it neeeffary to convoke
the primary assemblies.
Genfonne—" 1 support the motion
for fending this address with the signa
tures to the departments and to the ar
mies, I move also that the pi imary assem
blies be immediately convoked."
A member—" You yourfelf must be
firft prosecuted."—Yes! Yes! exclaim
ed the galleries. Loud applauses follow
ed.—" We can no longer dissemble," re
sumed Genfonne, " the schism is so great
thathonefl men mud allow that all the
bonds of mutual confidence between the
members of this assembly are dissolved.—
[Yes ! Yes ! cried with one voice, all
the memberson theextremity of the right
fide. J —The addrtfs which has been sign
ed by part of the members, contains, be
sides thieats, an appeal to the people,
which I myfelf solicit. It is time they
should know whether the making of laws
belong to them or to a wretched faction.
In that state of division, hatred and mif
trult, into which we have been thrown,
we must appeal to the people. It is im
possible that our diffentions can othcrwife
be ended." After representing the dan
ger, however of convoking the primary
assemblies for a total ie-eledtion, he con
cluded frith stating, that the convention
might be prolonged, and the people al
lowed to replace such members as had
101 l their confidence by new deputies.
The report presented by Delaunay in
the name of the committee of legislation,
proposed that a decree of accusation
fliould be passed against Marat.
The confufion was continued, nor was
the debate ended when the above account
was closed.
DUBLIN, April 9.
We insert the following epigram, not for
the purpose of making the most distant appli.
cation of it to our wife, just and virtuous House
of Lords, but merely to introduce the anec»
dote which gave it biVth, and to evince, how
imich better the Right 1 of Man and the Liberty
oj the Suhjefl are understood and regarded at
present, than many years ago, when the said
epigram was written.—The circwnftance
was this—one Laboifere, we suppose from his
name a wicked Frenchman and alien, pub
iilhed an almanac, and therein audaciously
printed a lift of the Members names of the
Sacred House of Lords, for which fediti.ous
and fcandajous libel he was very justly com
mitted to uri inn ; upon which Baron Daw [on
wrote the following
EPIGRAM.
To Newgate the\'ve Jent the poor Laboifeie,
for printing the title and name of each Peer ;
/ind there he tnujl lie—'til he's not worth a sous,
for to tell who the Peers are—irflefls on ihe House.
United States.
RICHMOND, June 10.
On Friday last, the Honorable the Judges
of the Federal Court, held in this city, gave
their opinions on the importantfsubjectc c t of the
payment of the British debts (which has en
grossed the attention of the Court, for several
days past.)
The points before the court were,
ift. Whether the Britilh debts were reco
verable in this State, the acts of the Virginia
Aflembly having prohibited the recovery,
which atts pallid prior to the adoption of the
Couftitution of the United States.
2d. Whether the payments made into the
Joan-office were not complete bars to the
plaintifPs ast ion for so much as was paid ?
3d. As the definitive treaty had been bro
ken by the Government of Great-Britain,
Whether the treaty of peace should be carried
into effect 011 the part of America ?
And, lastly. Whether the debtor was not
annihilated by the diflolution of the govern
ment, on the 4th day of July, 1776 ?
The Court were unaniliioufly of opinion
on the I ft, 3d, and last points, for the plain
tiff, confide ring the adoption of toe conftitu
tioij as a repeal'of all laws in oppositiOn to
the treaty of peace, which by that adoption
hud become the supreme law of the land ; and
upon this ground gave judgment for the
plaintiff on the firft point. On the third they
w-re of opinion, that the court could not
take notice of a breach of treaty, if such did
exist, without a declaration to that effect
from ihe Congress of the United States. On
the last, gave judgment for the plaintiff,'as
the plea of the defendant could not be sup
ported by the lawn and iifagcs of nations. Oo
the second point the oourt were divided, Mr.
Jay, Chief-Juftrce of the United States, for
the plaintiffs, Mr. I rede ft and Mr. Griffin for
the defendants—>iipon that plea then, judg
ment was entered for the defendants—a ma
jority of the court funpofing, that as that
law had been carried into complete effect be
fore treaty of peace, and as by thaMaw,
the defendant was discharged from the debt,
the treaty of peace could not again change
bun.
(r"? THE Letter Hag of the /hip John and
Pic/'oy(i Capt. Knouland. [now lying at Port Penn)
Jor Lvncon, wiil remain at the Pojl-Office until this
eventr,
t'Diiaflclpbia, June 19.
Philadelphia, June 19.
Monday arrived at Pott Ptnn, the (hip John
and Richard, Capt. Knowland, in three months ■
and twenty days from Madras ; flie will jail in
the couifc of the prelcnt week tor London.
Monday evening Mr. Blanchard entertained
the citizens with the fecofid experiment of the
Parachuts, which fuccreded, to the admira
tion ot the fpefiators.
The Dutrh inhabitants of St. Martin's, have
taken p' trillion, without blood lhed, of that part
of the island which had been inhabited by the
French.
A veffcl in 28 days from Liverpool, (fays a
Portland paper) arrived at Wi leaflet in the dif
{lri& of Maine, on the 3d inftani—The papers
bv her are said to contain nothing later than has
already been published.
Friday last at an elc&ion held for Dirc&ors
of the Bank of Pennfylvaoia, the following nine
teen persons were chosen, which, with the fix
alreadv nominated by the legiflatiire, complete
the 25 Dire&ors of the institution. The Bank
is in Lodge-Alley, Second-street.
Those marked with a star were chosen by the
legiflatiire!
•Jacob Morgan
•William Miller
•Kearny Wharton
John Barclay
Samuel Howell
James Crawford
Hugh Holmes
John Rofs
John Leamy
Matthew Lawler
John Fry,jun.
Godfrey Haga
*John Swanwick
*Cliarlcs Biddle
*Samuel M. Fox
Philip Mickl-irt
William Sanfom
Thomas Rufton
R. Ralfton
Sand Ford
Walter Stewart
Charles Petit
C. Slocker
Geoige Pcnnock
William Montgomery
The Directors of the' Bank of Pennsylvania,
on Saturday last, elected John Barclay, E'q.
Prefidentof that institution—To-morrow is
afligned for the choice of a Cafliier.
Warrants have been c)rawn by the Governor
of Pennsylvania on the Treasurer of the State,
and delivered to the President and Directors
of the Bank of Pennsylvania, for Thee Hun.
died 1 houfund Dollars specie—and for the Stock
of the State, to the value in specie, of, from
three hundred and fifty thousand to four hun
dred thousand dollars. Daily Papers.
The Knoxville Gazette contains an account
of the following minders and depredations of
the Indians from the 9th to the 28th April—
viz. Col Isaac Bleafoe, John Harmar,
Dowdy, Henry Howdelhall, Samuel Pharr,
John Benton. Richard Shaffer, ——Gambrell,
John Jarvis, francis Ramer, and four others,
(names not mentioned) killed, and several
wounded—Some houses were burnt, and a
number of horses stolen.
The feme Gazette fays, " From undoubted
information we can aiTert, that since the firft
of April,-fix hundred and lixty Creeks iiave
crofled the Teneffee, at the lower towns of
the Cherokee*, for war against the diftrift of
Mero, Cumberland settlements.
,l On the 29th nit. a detachment of mount
ed infantry, confiding of one hundred' and
twenty men, unfler the command of Major
Hugh Beard, marched from South-Weft-Point,
month of Clinch,to the relief of Mero diftrifl."
Extract of a letterfrom Liverpool, of 22 d April.
" I feel the necessity of cautioning you a
gainst being too sanguine in your calculations
on property which mav be sent to this market
the ensuing summer and fall—my reasons are,
the prcfent general war against the Convention
at Paris, the copfequent ftoppagc of remittances
from, and exportation ps their manufactures to
France—the people's having generally traded
beyond their capitals ; and the failure of almost
all kinds of paper, except that of the Bank of
England."
There has been much ink Hied in N<*w-York
lately,occafioned by the words " Theatre Royal"
being printed on the benefit tickets of one of the
players. A writer in the Diary has the fol
lowing humourous remarks on the fubjeft :
" I much approve of his idea ot ihe Theatre
Royal— it is certainly very proper, for it digni
fies our irtfignificant city, which, but for the fpi
ritcd exertions of our Kngliih Friends, might
be forgotten. You may have oblerved, Sir, as
you parted along the thus infenbrd—
A. B. 'merchant from London—C. D. hatter
from London —E. F. ta\lor from London—
Brush maker, tffflow chandler, dentist, barbeV,
walhcr woman, (ft oe-black', &c. See. from Lon
don. This fhrws they are acquainted with the
paflions the Americans have tor Bruifh exports,
and I doubt not, but thw in a little time, we
(hall be so fai policed, that we (ball be supplied
with lawyers, clergymen, AffemWymeni C'ovgreJj, and
Prejtdent, all trom LONDON ! !!"
Extract jrom a Proclamation of M.
Col lot, Gournor of Guadaloupc.
u LET no ilUdifpoTed citizen, Simulated by
a sense of falfe pride, objett, that there is no lon
ger any iank, no honorable d'.ftinfcfions among
us; at no period did so many exifl! Let that
citizen acquire the confidence of the public, and
the finances of every office ftiall be under his
care; let him become an ecclesiastic, and every
dignity of the church fball await him ; let him
be brave and expert in war, there is no promo
tion to which he may not rcach ; let him be
economical, and to.him fball the public income,
the treasures of the nation* be entrusted ! Who
after this, (hall dare to claim superiority from
titles, *vhcn no superiority from henceforth can
be acknowledged, but that which springs from
virtue and abilities."
WHIP PING THF. CAT— AN extract
" MIRABEAU's alhea weie dispersed at
belonging 10 a traitor, bv the patriot irijp)/,
who>s(lyltda villain by the patriot EgatHe,
vhofe banifhrnrut is advocated by the patriot
fioberfpierre, who is declared lo be a monlKr
by the patriot Dam/wrier, who is stigmatized a
traitor by the patriot Marat, who is now com
fined by a patriotic decree of the Convention."
439
COMMUNICATIONS
At the prefentmoment, when attempts are
not wanting to mislead the public judgment
and prejudice the minds of the citizens of the
United States against a government, the ad-
Wmi ft ratio 11 of which hath djfpelled every
cloud that darkened our political heniifpherej
ftied a lustre on our national character, and
brightened the profpeft before us—it may not
be amiss. to advert to a few fa<sts, the bare al
litfion to which will juftify the ardor of the
friend* to peace freedom and government, in
their zealous attachment to, and support of,
the federal constitution, and the fyitems which
have been productive of so much happiness to
our country. * I
There is not a State in the Union in which
the immediately arising from' the re-
pt* public credit are not ttrikingly
appUrerjt In Tome public, or private underta
king! by which alio the general interest is pro
moted ; few, if any of these undertakings
would probably have had existence for many
years to cortie but for the cause julfc afligned.
In the diifcrift of Maine extensive plans in ca
nallingare on foot, which promise emolument
to the adventurers and great accommodation
to the public. The population, agriculture
and commerce of this diftridt and of the State
of New-Hanipfhire are rapidly advancing.
The attention of their Legislators is engaged
in making extensive and adequate provision
tor difleminating knowledge among the peo
ple—by founding and eftabliflung public schools
and colleges ; while new channels of political
information are continually opening in the
nunierous'weekly publications which the ad
venturers of the type set up.*
In Massachusetts various public works have
been undertaken and effected J bridges erect
ed, and roads improved—manufactures esta
blished and prosecuted with spirit and success;
literary institutions spring up in all parts of
the State.; agriculture and the arts flourifh
un3er hand of public patronage,
and the encouragement of an intelligent pub
lic—Her commerce explores the re mote ft
regions of the universe, and her ftiips unlade
at home the produce of all climes.
This statement will apply with proper va
riations to Vermont, Rhode-Island, and Con
necticut.-—Through these happy and flourish
ing States, plenty tranquility and freedom
reign. The farmer plows, sows, reaps and
enjoys—laughs and sings without care or
anxiety, finding a ready demand and a good
price for all the surplus produce of his labor.
—In short, human felicity may here be said
to have found a permanent residence.
Large cities like a vortex attratf: every
description of cliara&ers; among these the
jealous, the envious and seditious—hence the
glooms of restless ambition some times darken
the columns of one or two vehicles of political
murmurings, which are publiftied in Bolton ;
but as they are there born, there they would
die were it not for the transplanting which
they*receive into similar foils in other large
cities* Except these solitary croakings, & the
vcrtte of comphihTt br fcarcefj heard in a whis
per throughout the States east of the Hud foil.
In the State of New York a noble spirit of
improvement and enterprise has broke forth;
designs are carrying into execution in the
western parts of that government, which
when completed, will aftonifli the world—
these are prolecuting under the auspices of
some of the firft patriots of the country, with
ap energy and perseverance that must over
come every obstacle ; tke latent resources
and the favorable circumstances of situation,
of that refpe&able member of the union are
of late brought into view—and we may reft
allured that these will be turned to the best
account,—Principles of union and fedei alifm
appear to predominate among the people,
these are unfolding the human chara&er and
difplayiog it in the faireft colours—auspicious
to freedom, agriculture, learning, commerce
and arts.
Pennsylvania, second to none in the career
of enterprize and improvement, has planst
of the greatest magnitude in altual prosecu
tion ; frQm the spirit with which the e have
been begun and the means which she pofleiTes
to mature them—there is the greatest reason
to expect that this extensive State will e/e
long be in a situation lb favorable to inter
nal commerce by land and water, that her
agriculture and trade will be carried on with
as much facility as in the most improved part
of .Great-Britain.
Nor does the improvementof her roads and
internal navigation engross the whole atten
tion of ber citizens. Her Legislature a<slu
af<*< by th© most benevolent and enlightened
policy", has turned its attention to making ve
ry liberal provision for improving the public
mind in ufeful science and political know
ledge ; this <be has been enabled to do from
the favorable situation of her funds, which are
placed on the most refpeftable footing by the
revival of the public credit of the Union.—
The private and public spirit of improvement
discovered in the capital and other parts of
the State—the fbip-building, and prodigious
encreafe ps the exports, through the exparrd-
* Pour newspapers are now published in the in
terior 'jfarft oj Nciv-Humpjkirc-- ana four or Jive
have for a. long time been ejiabi fi:d in the Jeu ports
oj thai slate.
+ The following objcls are now profeevting by the
etizens oj this Stale, irz.—A turuptk road from
Philadelphia to Lancafur; another tu Yorhtuwn, by
the way of Weft-Lhcjler and 6/r Jburgh\ a bridge
across the Sufquchanrah at ihi Blue-Rock ; a bridge
over the Delaware at Eajron\ to join the Schuylkill
and Delaware, by a earn! of nor-; than twenty miles ;
to join the Schuyl* U avd tmfqueh n> a by another
canal; a canal the < ncrawaga jails on the
Svfquehanna; A? cle/tr v e SchuyhlU; to clear the
Le'i, ani ic 6f:n una improve a number us other
roads.
In*t ,>r<»»rsf» of agriculture rt-fiy be efTeutiaily
andjuft'y afcrribed to tie i'an/e caule.
The benig v n influences of the federal go
vernment extend to every of the union.
The agriculture of the Southern States >has
received an &ftonifliing spring from the return
of general confidence J the hand of industry is
i>erved thereby—and the attention Of the peo.
pie is drawn to the best alid most profitable
objedts of cultivation ; public f}»iriu-d pro
jects are the topics of publication in the
Stares of Delaware and and fnvie
are carrying into efleift j internal peine.'and
contentment pervade these State", and the
repiniiißs of uneasy minds are (carcely heard,
in the fainted tones of a (till Jmall voice.
Virginia and Maryland are protecting the
grand übjefts comprised in the projected per
manent feat of government—travellers •re
cently from that favored spot, foeak in the
highest ternts of the fituatioti—nature has been
unboundedly munificent in her gifts and
graces to the fcene^—and industry and
wealth are united in adding to its improve
ment. The public buildings, level al of
which are begun, are prosecuting with spi
rit agreeably to the elegant designs of Mn
Hoben—Great numbers of hands are employ
ed on the works, which it is expe&ed will- be
compleated in good season.
Great prog refs has been made in the grand
work, carrying on for opening and improving
the navigation of the Potowmac*-and the
principal objects of the aflociation in this
enterprize will be effected beyond expecta
tions— Immenie advantages are derived from
what is already done-~and commerce wiJl
fliortly expand her wings in the boibm of thtf
American wilds*
In North-Carolina several pnblic 2nd pri
vate enterprises in canalling have been un
dertaken—the situation of the country is
highly favorable to works of this nature—r~
and will undoubtedly pay the adventurers
a large premium for their capital-
The Legifhittrre and" people of this State
are taking measures to found various public
feminaried of learning, particularly a Univer
sity.—May success crown their virtuous la
bours ; that light, freedom, and peace may
be enjoyed by every citizen of that exter-five
State, and the bleCftngs of ajuft and righteous
government perpetuated to the lateftages.
In South Carolina we fee the revival of
agriculture and commerce keep pace with
the progress of credit and equal laws*— left in
a decrepid state by the ravages of the late
war, of which this part of the union experi
enced a triple portion ; South-Carolina is
just beginning to feel the falutarr effe&s of
peace and credit—«fome enterprizing projcfts
have beeft brought forward, and there can be
no doubt that the internal improvements in
contemplation will be carried into efFect, to
the great advantage and accommodation of
her citizens.
By some late accounts, the foreign trade of
the infant state of Georgia ha* increased great
ly, and is making rapid advances— this ltads
lier planters to exteod their agricultural im
provements-*—The exports of that dare alrea
dy form an important item in the geneialert
ports of the union—-and in a few years will
shew that the sanguine anticipations of some
of her sons have been founded on juit calcu
lations.
As an abatement to the pleafare arising from
the contemplation of the foregoing particu
lars, the war with the Indians, presents itfelf
to the ingenuous mind } hut while sympathy
is excited, and sensibility wounded at the re
cital of scenes of Indian barbarity—the pa
triotic and candid part of the community
confide in the solicitude and exertions of the
government for the restoration of peace and
security to the Frontiers—which will be ac
complished, unless their zealous endeavors,
accompanied with a great expence ftiould b«f
unhappily prostrated—which God forbid.
If the powers combined against France fcrj
oufly believe the account! pub)idled of the pro.
fcriptions, maflTacres,muiders, plundering*, pil.
laging, levelling*, difor'ganiiutions, wretched*
ness and mercy, which are (aid to have rendered
France the mnft unhappy country on the f><t of
the globe—if they lurther believe that all Lht'fe
things flow from the principle! of the leaders in
the French Revolution, as frum tjieir proper
(ource—and that their own governments are in
the utmoil hazard of being involved in &mil>r
femes of anarchy and distress—it cannot be con*
fldered as furpi'.zing that those powm should
combine,a> well for their mutual defence <gainst
evils ot such magnitude, is for the dediuftton of
principles To hostile to human happiness—every
didlate of reason, julUce and humanity, would,
compel them to the measure. Bui the
il, whether quite diffetent motives do not adu>
ate the invaders of France ? Whether the appro
henfion of the fubverfafm of their own dvfwot
ifin and the deftruflion ol ancient abufcs,wh'.ch
would involve a diminution of their power and
r< venues, are not the inducements to theit intet
ference in the formation of a government for
France ?—An mdependrnt nation aflurrdly has
a right toeftabiilh for tlfelj such fyllemi and
rules as may appear to the majority btft calculat
ed to proniote their " peace, liberty and
fafety."
Died, Tact Friday, Mr. Stephen Prosskr, of
this city—a gentleman whose death is much
regretted.
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